cortarse la coleta
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˌtaɾse la koˈleta/ [koɾˌt̪aɾ.se la koˈle.t̪a]
- Syllabification: cor‧tar‧se la co‧le‧ta
Verb
cortarse la coleta (first-person singular present me corto la coleta, first-person singular preterite me corté la coleta, past participle cortado la coleta)
- (idiomatic, figurative, bullfighting) to hang up one's spurs
- (idiomatic, figurative) to retire; to call it a day
Further reading
- “cortarse la coleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024